Literature and Philosophical Play in Early Childhood Education A Humanities Based Approach to Research and Practice

Literature and Philosophical Play in Early Childhood Education explores the role of philosophy and the humanities as pedagogy in early childhood educational research and practice, arguing that research should attend to questions about education and growth that concern social structures, individual development and existential aspects of

About the author

Viktor Johansson, PhD, is Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy at Södertörn University in Sweden. He has worked on issues in philosophy of education, in particular on the role of children’s literature in philosophy and early childhood education, as well as on pedagogical relations between children and adults.

Summary

Literature and Philosophical Play in Early Childhood Education explores the role of philosophy and the humanities as pedagogy in early childhood educational research and practice, arguing that research should attend to questions about education and growth that concern social structures, individual development and existential aspects of

Product details

• Authors: Viktor (Orebro University) Johansson, Viktor Johansson, Viktor (Oerebro University) Johansson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 30.06.2020
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780367582104
• ISBN: 978-0-367-58210-4
• Pages: 140
• Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Education
• Subjects: EDUCATION / General, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten, Early Years Pedagogy, moral development curriculum, existential learning theory, poetic inquiry methods, arts based early childhood research, humanities education research, children’s philosophical thinking